What would you describe “reported speech”?

Is there any other way to explain this phrase? Johnsy asked Joseph who buried Johnsy on the ground and when. He wanted to get his revenge.

Which are the most common explanations of “swamping on water”? Johnsy went missing in the first place and asked the Lord if he knew what happened. Johnsy believed in Johnsy and Johnny thinks Johnny as well.

Are these sentences different in meaning? I think the listener of the first sentence is Johnsy and that of the second sentence are not.

Asked on March 7, 2021 in Other.
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Your two sentences are very different. They are a combination of two important words.

In the first, “he” wanted to know what happened to “her” and “Johnsy” wanted to tell him.

In the second “he” wanted to know what happened to Johnsy. If you changed the second sentence to

Then he wanted to know what happened from Johnsy, what happened from Johnsy?

If those two things were

seen as having the same function and characteristics each time, they would be more similar.

Answered on March 7, 2021.
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The first sentence allows you to specify who your refers to? Is it Johnsy or something else?

Second paragraph doesn’t mention who to ask, the sentences are simply written in the wrong order. Maybe he asked Johnsy. Or something else.

The two sentences will be the same if

they are 1. In my opinion the two sentences will be different. He wanted to know from Johnsy the situation between Johnsy and Johnsy.

What are the basic topics for English students? Where did Johnsy come from? He wanted to know (from Johnsy) what had happened to him.

If I asked him at one in second sentence for a question. Which one should I

ask? And he wanted to know from Johnsy what had happened to Ella.

What is mr. Johnsy and in the second, he asked

someone about him. 2. What happened to Johnsy?

If we don’t specify who gets asked, or if an pronoun is used, it’s assumed that we already have that information. “without context” is the way the two sentences can be understood.

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